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The following story my dad wrote. We found it in his desk after he died in 2004. It is peaceful walking home this still and snowy evening, after a long day downtown. My house lights blink reassuringly...
View ArticleWorking in Paris
I only had $3,000 so that meant I could stick out three weeks in Paris, maybe. Three is a biblical number, a spiritual number, and besides, I only had $3,000. When the money was finished, I was headed...
View ArticleSmarty Sis
My first job was working at the White Hen Pantry down Thatcher Avenue, stuffing together early edition Sunday Chicago Tribune newspapers for ten dollars and sweeping the parking lot for five every...
View ArticleOur Market Research Company
I want to share the market research work Alecia and I have been doing for more than a year now. I’ve been reluctant because of an instinct to compartmentalize my corporate work from my creative and...
View ArticleDog and Dad
Kopas was a nine month old stray when I got him, the age people often kick a dog out of the house because it’s too rambunctious. And Kopas was rambunctious. He had satellite dish ears and a whipcord...
View ArticleJournalism Journey
I’ve reported a few stories lately that taught me something. I wrote about a man with COPD who couldn’t afford his prescription medication and died. People who work with low-income folks say this sort...
View ArticleKites
My dad wrote the following story in 1994 and won an award for it. The wind whipped across the cemetery grounds in angry gusts, hazing the outlines of the tombstones and blurring the distance. A flock...
View ArticleOn the Peninsula
I recently wrote a column introducing myself at the newspaper I now work at, the PV News. Palos Verdes is a gorgeous place. I feel like I’ve gone from one economic landscape and extreme in Skid Row to...
View ArticleRecent columns
I wrote another column recently. I used to have a weekly way back when, and I’m reminded what a different voice it is compared to news or feature writing. It’s been fun as well as a challenge. Thank...
View ArticleParenting column
I managed to write another parenting column. It’s humbling to learn from my kid, and to see myself struggle to learn. But it’s magical to be a part of her age of innocence.
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